8BitDo Retro87 vs Keychron Q6 HE
Get the Keychron Q6 HE for hall effect and rapid trigger.
The differences that matter
Skip the 40-row spec sheet. These are the specs that change how each board feels, sounds, and fits your desk.
8BitDo Retro87
Keychron Q6 HE
Layout size
80%
100%
Hall effect (magnetic)
No
Yes
Rapid trigger
No
Yes
Connection
Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz, Wired
Wired, Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz
Max polling rate
1,000 Hz
8,000 Hz
- 8BitDo Retro87
- Keychron Q6 HE
- Performance
- 63100
- Build quality
- 5388
- Productivity
- 7397
- Customizability
- 6895
- Portability
- 7655
- Hot-swappable
- Battery: 4,000 mAh
- Knob
- Plate material: Aluminum
What owners say
Ratings and quotes collected from verified store reviews, including the critical ones.
8BitDo Retro87
No owner reviews collected yet.
Keychron Q6 HE
20 owner reviews
“could have had better packaging for the shipment but it being damaged the actual product was as described highly recommend”
“For a $240 keyboard that is only wired, you would think that the least they could do was make a good USB port... No instead every minute, or couple of seconds, it just decides to disconnect. Through every fix I could do and they recommend, like changing…”
8BitDo Retro87 vs Keychron Q6 HE specs
Every tracked spec, side by side. Rows marked with a dot differ between the boards.
18 of 28 specs differ
8BitDo Retro87
Keychron Q6 HE
Switch options
Hall effect (magnetic)
Rapid trigger
Hot-swappable
Mount style
Sound dampening
Screw-in stabilizers
Layout size
Layout standard
Ergonomics
Knob
Display
Connection
Max polling rate
Battery
USB-C
Case material
Plate material
Keycaps
Weight
Dimensions
Typing angle
Backlight
QMK
VIA
N-key rollover
Mac & Windows
Released
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